1970s in science and technologyThis article is a summary of the 1970s in science and technology. The 1970s in science and technology reached its height with the ambitious Voyager Program, which sent the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 uncrewed expeditions to several of the outer planets in the Solar System. The program also included a Voyager Golden Record with the spaceships in hopes of presenting aspects of life on Earth to intelligent alien life forms. The record contained pictures and other data about human beings and other living beings on earth.
1970s in anthropologyTimeline of anthropology, 1970–1979 1974 "Lucy", the first Australopithecus afarensis is discovered The Canadian Ethnology Association (now the Canadian Anthropology Association) is founded 1977 The first Margaret Mead Film Festival is held 1972 Stone Age Economics, by Marshall Sahlins The Mountain People, by Colin Turnbull 1974 Two-Dimensional Man : An Essay on the Anthropology of Power and Symbolism in Complex Society, by Abner Cohen Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches, by Marvin Harris 1977 Cannibals and Kings,
Années 1970 en modethumb|Ensembles-pyjamas d'Yves Saint Laurent (rouge et vert, à gauche, vers 1970) et Halston (bleu, à droite, 1976). Les années 1970 voient de profonds changements dans la mode par rapport à la décennie passée. Alors que Londres insufflait les tendances de la mode des années 1960, New York et les États-Unis deviennent le centre de la mode. Globalement, deux courants dominent le monde occidental : les vêtements fantaisie représentant une mode permissive et les tenues faciles à porter, dans la lignée du prêt-à-porter.
1970s in televisionThe decade of the 1970s saw significant changes in television programming in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The trends included the decline of the "family sitcoms" and rural-oriented programs to more socially contemporary shows and "young, hip and urban" sitcoms in the United States and the permanent establishment of colour television in the United Kingdom. In 1967, BBC Two had started trials of their new colour service, and it was gradually rolled out over the next few years.